STIFF CAMPAIGN AHEAD IN AFRICA
GERMANS WELL ARMED DEFENSIVE STATIONS OF GREAT STRENGTH (Reo. October 7, .5.25 p.m.) m, ... ~ ■;■'■■ Cape Town, Ootober 6. ineAtncan rorces are entering the campaign against admirably trained w , 89U J,PP ed . tro «P?- The number of Germans in the field in German SouthWest Africa is estimated at ten thousand, composed of mounted infantry, artillery, and a camel corps of five hundred. They are well supplied -with m r>? 6 S uns - Prisoners state there are sixty-six gun batteries. inere are many police posts, whioh are virtually blockhouses, manned by ex-artillerymen, dotted all over the country. The military and tho reserves are armed with Mausers and one-edged bayonets, which are saw-like. The stations are connected by telephone, telegraph and wireless. The territory will be difficult for operations. There are several defensive stations of- great strength.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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139STIFF CAMPAIGN AHEAD IN AFRICA Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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